Getting this thrown up here so it’s more official!
As I mentioned in the House Dres thread, I think it would be best if a major slave uprising on the Dres plantations was handled through the Twin Lamps faction questlines rather than House Drees questlines, leaving House Dres free to focus more on the Dunmeri part of their culture and the issues of the immortal councilors and the Sload.
So discussion on that to start with? Other things to consider is how the Twin Lamps may be involved with the other Great Houses, such as Indoril or Hlaalu, or whether they may have the backing of the Hist.
2016-07-17 23:24
6 months 4 days ago
The impression I got throughout playing Morrowind was that the Twin Lamps were not really a relevant power in Morrowind, even in the Third Era. The Twin Lamps seem more like a group of ideologues supported by Argonians and Khajiit who would oblviously be opposed to slavery. How many memebers do we actually see affiliated with the Twin Lamps in Morrowind? Tenish? That hardly seems like a serious power.
While I am sure many people agree with the Twin Lamps in their goal, like the Imperial Cult and probably even the Empire as a whole, neither seems willing to actually demonstrate support, even of a covert nature.
We learn in Oblivion that it was King Helseth who is largely responsible for abolition, and that seems more like a poltical move aimed at damaging the Indoril (and I suspect subordinating the Dres to Helseth) than any sort of ideological opposition to slavery. I propose that the Twin Lamps be portrayed as a nusiance to the slavery-oriented Houses, but not a serious threat. They are brave ideologues who see injustice and want to fight it, no matter how hopeless such a cause appears to be. Hlaalu would probably silently root for them, and maybe provide some support of a covert nature, but I do not think full support is in order.
I also do not believe the Hist would support the Twin Lamps. They seem too small to be of any concern to the Hist.
(I am also not too proud to admit that I have my own thoughts on how the Hist should factor into the Dres questline, as you know.)